Wedmont Private Capital Grows Stake in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF $VT

Wedmont Private Capital lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:VT) by 53.6% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 106,770 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 37,280 shares during the period. Wedmont Private Capital’s holdings in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF were worth $16,948,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in VT. Cambridge Associates LLC MA ADV raised its stake in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 57.0% during the 4th quarter. Cambridge Associates LLC MA ADV now owns 8,709,296 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,228,533,000 after acquiring an additional 3,161,632 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 69.2% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 5,369,493 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $742,708,000 after purchasing an additional 2,196,829 shares in the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 4.7% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 2,304,753 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $318,794,000 after purchasing an additional 102,431 shares in the last quarter. Angeles Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 2.9% during the second quarter. Angeles Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,515,162 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $237,826,000 after purchasing an additional 42,424 shares during the period. Finally, Bain Capital Public Equity LP acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $163,094,000.

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VT traded up $0.94 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $159.67. 785,346 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,809,478. The company has a market cap of $81.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.34 and a beta of 0.92. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $159.99 and a 200 day moving average price of $154.89. Vanguard Total World Stock ETF has a 52 week low of $133.65 and a 52 week high of $162.71.

About Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF (the Fund) is an open-end investment company. The Fund seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Global All Cap Index, which covers both well-established and still-developing markets. The Fund invests in both foreign and the United States stocks. The fund offers three classes of shares: Investor Shares, Institutional Shares, and ETF Shares. As of April 30, 2012, the Fund invests in sectors, such as consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financials, healthcare, industrials, information technology, materials, telecommunication services and utilities.